第一， 情景對話

A: Where is John studying?

約翰在哪兒上學(xué)？

B: He's at the Seals Naval Academy.

席爾斯海軍學(xué)院。

A: How is he getting along there?

他在那兒混得如何？

B: He's having a hard time. It's survival of the fittest.

可不好混哦，那可是個適者生存的世界。

第二， 詞海拾貝

the survial of the fittest

exp. The people or things that can best navigate, adapt to, or compete in a difficult or tricky situation or environment will be much more likely to succeed. （適者生存）

e.g. They always had a mentality of survival of the fittest in that office, putting huge workloads on people and telling those who couldn't cope with the pressure to just find another job.

那個辦公室里，他們總是抱著優(yōu)勝劣汰的心態(tài)—— 把巨大的工作量加在人們身上，告訴那些無法承受壓力的人去找另一份工作。

With so many different smartphones on the market, it really is the survival of the fittest right now.

如今伴隨著市場上不同的智能手機(jī)多起來的情況，真是適者生存啊。

e.g. In college, it's the survival of the fittest. You have to keep working in order to survive and graduate.

在大學(xué)里，適者生存。為了生存和畢業(yè)，你必須繼續(xù)學(xué)習(xí)。

I don't give my houseplants very good care, but the ones I have are really flourishing. It's the survival of the fittest, I guess.

我沒有精心照顧我的室內(nèi)植物，但它們真的很茂盛。我想是適者生存吧。

第三， 語匯積累

have a hard time：過得困難；步履艱難

e.g. Do stepparents usually have a hard time winning the confidence of their stepchildren?

繼父母要贏得繼子女的信賴是不是通常很困難?

e.g. I have a hard time with my wife.

我和我老婆關(guān)系不好。（我和我妻子生活得不幸福。）

e.g. I believe we'll have a hard time convincing our clients at your price.

我相信我們要說服我方的客戶接受你們的價格很難。